Posts Tagged With: J.R.R. Tolkien

Tolkien Passed Up for Nobel Prize

Posted on January 5, 2012 by cslewisfoundation

Newly released documentation about the 1961′s Nobel Prize for Literature selection process was just released. Among the revelations: that C.S. Lewis nominated his friend and fellow Inkling, J.R.R. Tolkien, for The Lord of the Rings. Tolkien’s nomination was rejected by the committee, with one of the committee members stating that Tolkien’s prose “has not in … Continue reading »

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The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Trailer Debuts

Posted on December 21, 2011 by cslewisfoundation

The trailer for next year’s film The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey just debuted. Based on J.R.R. Tolkien’s book The Hobbit, the first of the two films will be released in theatres on December 14, 2012. The second film, The Hobbit: There and Back Again, will be released the following year on December 13, 2013. So … Continue reading »

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The League of Extraordinary Inklings?

Posted on April 22, 2010 by cslewisfoundation

C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien are deservedly well known for their fiction.  Tolkien’s mythology is almost unparalleled in level of detail and The Lord of the Rings set the standard for fantasy literature, while Lewis’s novels have inspired countless readers.  We are very familiar with them as writers, but what about as action heroes? This … Continue reading »

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New Issue of St. Austin Review to Feature Lewis & Tolkien

Posted on January 4, 2010 by cslewisfoundation

Joseph Pearce, our friend and a speaker at several of our conferences, just sent us this message regarding the newest issue of the Saint Austin Review, on the theme “Tolkien and Lewis: Masters of Myth, Tellers of Truth.” For all the Lewis and Tolkien fans, this should be a treat.  And many of you may … Continue reading »

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C.S. Lewis’s Eleventy First Birthday

Posted on November 27, 2009 by cslewisfoundation

November is an important month in the life of C.S. Lewis – he was born November 29, 1898, and died November 22, 1963. For his milestone eleventy-first birthday this year (Bilbo Baggin’s birthday in the opening chapters of Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings), the C.S. Lewis Foundation salutes CS Lewis and may his legacy stay … Continue reading »

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